Cranial epidural empyema with osteomyelitis caused by actinomyces, CT, and mri appearance

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Soto Hernández, Jose Luis ^a   Morales, Verónica Angeles ^a   Giron, Juan Carlos Lara ^a   Bañares, Jorge Balderrama ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Computed tomography (CT); Epidural empyema; Infection; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; SKULL; VOMITING;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARIETAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344991662     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(99)00136-9     Document Type: Article

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